Clouzot's influential suspense masterpiecebefore psycho, peeping tom, and repulsion, there was diabolique. This thriller from henri georges clouzot le corbeau, the wages of fear, which shocked audiences in europe and the u.s., is the story of two women the fragile wife and the wilful mistress of a sadistic school headmaster who hatch a daring revenge plot. With its unprecedented narrative twists and unforgettably scary images, diabolique is a heart grabbing benchmark in horror filmmaking, featuring outstanding performances by simone signoret casque d'or, army of shadows, vera clouzot the wages of fear, and paul meurisse le deuxième souffle, army of shadows.special edition featuresnew digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackselected scene commentary by french film scholar kelley conwaynew video interview with serge bromberg, co director of henri georges clouzot's infernonew video interview with horror film expert kim newmannew and improved english subtitle translation· plus a booklet featuring a new essay by film critic terrence raffertyclick images to enlarge